(Photo/ Jeffrey Langlois)Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Cape Canaveral near the Kennedy Space Center Friday for mission STS-135. The launch marked the last of the space shuttle missions ending NASA’s 30-year program.

“Perspectives from Space” is the scheduled title for a talk by former NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 2:30 p.m. in the Lifelong Learning Society complex at FAU’s John D. MacArthur Campus, 5353 Parkside Dr., in Jupiter.

Magnus plans to discuss her personal journey to becoming an astronaut, her selection for the 1996 NASA class and the three space missions she participated in during her 16 years with the agency.

Magnus was a member of the final shuttle crew, STS-135 as well as shuttle mission STS-112. In addition, she spent more than four months on the space station as a member of the Expedition 18 crew.

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